Toy cap gun for propelling shots



May 23, 1961 H. MENDOZA TOY CAP GUN FOR PROPELLING snows Filed Dec. 22,1958 W/Q |l Q i l I! N QN II N aw Q Q 1 INVENTOR HECTOR M EN DOZA AttYs.

2,984,925 Patented May 23, 1961 TQY CAP GUN FUR PRGPELLING SHOTS HectorMendoza, Adolfo Prieto 1701, Mexico City, Mexico Filed Dec. 22, 1958,Ser. No. 782,042

1 Claim. (Cl. 42-54) The present invention is related to toy or sportingarticles in general and, more particularly, it is related to a novelrevolver type gun, to work with common caps and with shots of the typecommonly known as lead balls. This gun, by means of a novel combinationof means in the hammer and gun barrel takes advantage of the gasesevolved by the percussion and detonation of the cap (such as the oneused in other toys only as a detonator), to propel a shot or ball withenough force to be suitable for practicing target shooting, birdshooting and the like.

Briefly stated, the gun or pistol of the present invention comprises apan arranged in the percussion hammer, in which pan the fuse or cap islocated, and striking against the head of the gun barrel portion withinwhich is previously located a shot. The gun barrel portion comprises twobarrels, one surrounding the other and including an inner barrel throughwhich the shot or ball is propelled by a major portion of the gasesevolved by percussion of the cap, and an outer barrel, concentricallysurrounding the inner barrel and defining an annular chamber throughwhich the remainder of the gases evolved by percussion of the cap arevented, the exhausting of said gases through the forward end providing asmoking eifect which is fully realistic.

These and other features, characteristics and differences as compared towhat is already known in the present pistol or gun using caps and shotsaccording to the invention, will be more clearly apparent in thefollowing disclosure thereof, in which with reference to the attacheddrawings, the same numerals are used to indicate the same parts in thethree figures of said drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a revolver type pistol or gunembodying the present invention, the gun barrel and pan being shown insection to depict its internal arrangement.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the gun, taken on line 2-2 ofFigure l; and

Figure 3 is a front end view of the gun barrel of the invention, takenon the plane comprising the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Before fully describing the cap and shot gun or pistol of the presentinvention, it is to be understood that the drawings show in anillustrative and non-limitative manner the preferred form of carryingout the practice of this invention and therefore it is not to beconstrued as limited to the specific details shown and described in thepresent specification. Therefore, resort may be had to such variousembodiments and modifications as may be needed or desirable in presentpractice of the invention, without departing from the principles andscope thereof, provided they will fall within the scope of the claimannexed at the end of this specification.

Besides, it is to be contemplated that while the drawings show a typicaltype of gun, the present invention can also be embodied in may othertypes of pistols, as well as in rifles, shotguns and the like.

As it is shown in the accompanying drawings, the pistol or gun for capsand shots of the present invention comprises a hammer or percussionhammer 10, actuated by means of the trigger 1'1 with the aid of anysuitable inner sear mechanism. Said percussion hammer 10 is provided inits forward end with a pan 12, having an adequate diameter depending onthe size of the caps commonly used in this type of toy guns and matingwith the ring piece 13 comprising the head of the inner gun barrel 14 toefiect the percussion.

The outer gun barrel 15, provided with the usual sight pieces 16 and 17carries in its inner portion the supporting pieces 18 and 19concentrically maintaining and holding the inner gun barrel 14 which inturn guides the path of the missile or shot 20, located in the head 13thereof, as will be set forth hereinafter. Both ends of said inner gunbarrel 14 are attached by means of the head 13 and said supporting piece19, respectively.

In operation, the gun is cocked in the usual manner by pulling back thehammer or percussion hammer 10 until it is engaged by the suitable searmechanism used, thus leaving the pan 12 or cap bucket exposed to enableplacing a cap therein. Then the shot or ball is introduced (with aslight pressure) in the ring piece 13 comprising the head of the gunbarrel 14, thereby providing a standby condition of the gun for firing.Upon firing the gun, the major portion of the gases evolved by thepercussion and detonation of the cap result in a predetermined pressurewhich propels the shot 20, the balance of the gases escaping around thering 13 and being directed by the rim of the pan 12 through the annularspace between the outer gun barrel 1'5 and the inner gun barrel 1'4 andthrough the ports provided in the supporting pieces 18 and 19.

The present gun or the like has an unlimited safety, inasmuch as it hasno locking device and in the event of an overload, the explosion isdissipated towards the front and the sides of the pan '12 or cap bucket,but never backwards, thereby never taking any chance with the strengthof the materials forming this device.

I claim:

A toy gun for propelling shots by using caps and pro ducing a realisticeffect by venting smoke after firing, comprising a body having a gunbarrel thereon which includes two concentric tubes defining an annularchamber therebetween and open to the atmosphere at each end thereof, aplurality of supporting members interposed between said tubes and insaid annular chamber for maintaining the tubes in spaced relationshipand provided with openings to permit smoke to travel through saidchamber, a portion of the inner of said tubes projecting from the outerof said tubes at one end thereof, a percussion hammer for accommodatinga detonating cap pivoted to said body adjacent the projecting portion ofthe inner tube and having a pan, a ring piece on said projecting portionof the inner tube for accommodating a shot and providing an anvil forthe detonating cap, said pan of the percussion hammer fitting over thering piece to seal sufficient gas pressure in the inner tube afterfiring to propel the shot through the inner tube but permitting escapeof some gas and smoke to the annular chamber, whereby after firing,smoke is discharged from both ends of the barrel to simulate a gun.

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